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|Good - 121 reviews
Located in Marblehead, South Beach Resort Hotel is on the waterfront and within the vicinity of African Safari Wildlife Park and Miami Park. This beach hotel is within the region of Cedar Point and Rain Water Park Complex. Make yourself at home in one of the 55 guestrooms. Windows open for fresh air and courtyard views. Complimentary wireless Internet access...
Overall Rating - Good - 121 reviews
|Excellent - 124 reviews
The Country Inn & Suites Port Clinton is close to several area attractions. 15 miles from Cedar Point Amusement Park, close to ferry service, Lake Erie Islands and African Safari Wildlife Park
Overall Rating - Excellent - 124 reviews
Excellent 10.0
The hotel was clean and the staff (front desk) very accommodating to our needs!We had a wonderful visit and the stay in this hotel surpassed all of our expectations!! ... more
Okay 5.0
Close to Cedar Point, Fast food and Walmart. Beds were comfortable and no noise problems.
Common areas were nice, was supprised the rooms were not in the same condition. The carpet in the rooms was very dirty, you don't dare walk on it with bare feet. The walls need to be cleaned, splatter from whatever. For what I paid they should be cleaner.Cleanliness is the key to happy customes. I have't seen a Country Inn this dirty anywhere I have been. Not up to typical Country Inn & Suites standards in my opinion. ... more
|Good - 180 reviews
With a stay at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, you'll be on a lake and close to Keys Golf Course. This golf hotel is within the vicinity of Rain Water Park Complex and Cedar Point. Make yourself at home in one of the 236 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature shower/tu...
Overall Rating - Good - 180 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Really Clean, Nice, Little Older Style But Not Unattractive, Room Was Large, Shower Clean, Overall We Loved It
No Fridge OrMicrowave In The Room, TV Was Bad... more
Okay 6.0
My friend and I visited the resort for a weekend stay but decided not to go out to a restaurant each day and purchased carry-outs for lunch. But we soon discovered that the pricey resort does not provide microwaves nor can you rent a microwave. NOT GOOD!! We reserved the room with the breakfast package on the morning that we were leaving. We ordered from the resorts menu and shortly after our breakfasts were delivered to our table. However, my friends eggs were too soft and requested that the eggs be re-cooked. When I received the credit card statement I discovered that I was charged an additional $ *.00 for two eggs. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICES!! ... more
|Okay - 612 reviews
Take the family to this Howard Johnson Inn Sandusky Park N. Entrance conveniently located near restaurants and less than three miles from the gates to Cedar Point amusement park. Find excitement just ten minutes away with boating, fishing, water skiing and jet skiing at Lake Erie. Explore the Edison Museum, or see the world underground while spelunking at S...
Overall Rating - Okay - 612 reviews
Okay 5.0
How close it was to the park.
Finding underwear in the room was pretty nasty we didn't like that.Overall it was a decent hotel but needs some good cleaning and it would be a lot better. ... more
Mediocre 3.0
It was very close to Cedar Point.
It was very outdated and dirty.Once I pretended that I was camping this room was bearable. I will spend the extra money to stay in a more habitable hotel next time. ... more
|Excellent - 188 reviews
Port Clinton, Ohio Hotel's Location is Ideal Planning a business trip to Port Clinton or a Lake Erie vacation? This hotel's location puts guests close to Catawba Island, Marblehead and Sandusky. The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Port Clinton - Catawba Island, overlooking one of Ohio's northern lagoons, is close to everything. Smart travelers who enjoy h...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 188 reviews
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Good accessibility/transport link
Excellent 10.0
The front desk staff was excellent, breakfast great and very clean.We would definitely recommend this hotel for those going to Cedar Point. We loved everything about it. ... more
Excellent 10.0
Spacious room with pull out couch, microwave and 'mini' kitchen, very clean, large selection for breakfastGreat service, large and clean room, nice breakfast selection ... more
|Okay - 327 reviews
Take the family to this Howard Johnson Express Inn Sandusky Amusement Park for thrilling roller coasters and water rides at Cedar Point Amusement Park just 15 minutes away. Spelunk in Seneca Caverns and explore the path all the way down to the underground river. Drive through African Safari Wildlife Park and see exotic animals from your vehicle. For last min...
Overall Rating - Okay - 327 reviews
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Wonderful housekeeping
Mediocre 3.0
Location was pretty close to Cedar Point and the price was super cheap! Check in and out was easy and fast. Staff was friendly.
Lack of parking once everyone got back from Cedar Point. The air didn't work correctly. Dim lighting in the room. Hotel was dated.You really get what you pay for, and I did at this hotel. This is an older road side type hotel that is dated but clean. The room I got was small,but looked neat. The bathroom had some mold in the shower. The thing that surprised the most was the clean remote box that advised that this made cleaning the remote easy. Did not know the remote needed to be cleaned, lol. Like I said you get what you pay for. One thing that took me by surprise was when I arrived the place was a ghost town but once I got back from Cedar Point I couldn't find a parking space. So if you plan on going here know the parking is limited. If you want a room that is regular hotel quality, a newer room/ building, a... ... more
Okay 5.0
Small room. Small breakfast area seats 4. Very limited parkingThey make a decent attempt at cleaning the rooms but still not as good as one would clean their house for guest. ... more
|Excellent - 53 reviews
The BEST WESTERN PLUS Sandusky Hotel & Suites is an affordable, comfortable Sandusky, OH hotel and offers easy access to action and adventure at Cedar Point, Kalahari Resort and Summit Motorsports Park. The BEST WESTERN PLUS Sandusky Hotel & Suites is the perfect place to stay while on a family vacation, so many wonderful attractions are within just a few s...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 53 reviews
Excellent 9.0
The breakfast was horrible not enough and nothing worked as far as making pancakes juice machine
Room was very nice... more
Excellent 9.0
Staff friendly, decent breakfast, relatively nice fitness center with working equipment. Location right off the highway. Rooms were clean, internet was working and HD television. Coffee in lobby. Close by to many different food venues.
No.... more
|Good - 905 reviews
Knights Inn Sandusky OH is located near State Routes 2, 250 and 6. We are just 1 mile to the entrance of Cedar Point Amusement Park and 4 miles from the Lake Erie beaches. 64 Rooms, Seasonal Heated Outdoor Pool and Spa, Off Season Breakfast Bar Indoors With Limited Selection. Our Summer Continental Breakfast is expanded and served in the pavilion. All...
Overall Rating - Good - 905 reviews
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Good kitchenette
Good minibar
Okay 6.0
Price and clean. Friendly staff.
Did not realize I had to turn on own heat. Room was freezing when I arrived.I was only there to sleep and with it being in the winter I did not get to see or use pool. ... more
Poor 1.0
All rooms faced a central court. All rooms doors were outside in the elements. There was sb\now on the walks. I had to walk by trash bins to get to the outside staircase to my room. The hotel/motel must have been built in the 50/60's and it showed.... more
|Good - 170 reviews
The hotel feature the Rain Indoor Water Park. The Rain Water Park features a 50 foot slide tower with two giant slides and additional water activities including children playgrounds. Admission is included for hotel guests, up to four people per standard room. The hotel also features Cedar Lanes Bowling Center, Extreme Lazer Tag, Arcade, Golf Simulator, and t...
Overall Rating - Good - 170 reviews
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Good fitness area
Pleasant entertainment
Mediocre 4.0
The hotel was very close to were we were staying the following nights.
I thought that the water park inside the hotel was open and in use. It wasn't until we arrived, only to find out that it is only open on the weekends until prime season. We were there on a Tuesday night.... more
Good 8.0
Our company uses this hotel for several stays a year. Our actors like it and the closeness to various attractions. It is decently priced and from we can see appears to be run pretty well. It is clean and the staff are very friendly. ... more
|Excellent - 163 reviews
100% Non Smoking Hotel NEW! Samsung Flat-panel TVs with 30 channels of HD programming. Easy-access Plug-and-Play feature makes it simple to connect electronics. Whether your travel needs are for business or pleasure we've got you covered here at the La Quinta Inn Sandusky - Cedar Point hotel where you'll always enjoy our superb location, complimentary...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 163 reviews
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Nice tv
Close to public transport
Excellent 9.0
It was very clean, close to where we needed to be and had all we needed. Would love it if it had a mini fridge. We love La Quinta Inn, and will continue to stay at one every time we need a room.
No, staff was helpful, rooms were clean, bathrooms were clean, had plenty of towels, had everything we needed for our stay.Free wifi, cable, free breakfast. When you are out of state and not a big breakfast person anyway, a light breakfast is a perfect way to start the morning. I have yet to be disappointed with a La Quinta Inn, and I have stayed at higher rated hotels. ... more
Good 8.0
The Room was large and It had a nice flat screen TV Room was clean.Great room for the price easy to find large room Flat screen TV very clean. Will stay there again ... more
|Okay - 218 reviews
The Super 8 Sandusky North is located in the heart of the Sandusky tourist area, 1/4 mile from visitors center. We are conveniently located off of I-2 at Rd 250. Additionally we are only 3 miles from Cedar Point. Our Front Desk is open 24 hours a day for your service. We offer Free High Speed Internet, Free Super Start Plus Breakfast, Free Local Calls, Free...
Overall Rating - Okay - 218 reviews
Good 7.0
Just wish it was a little cleaner and a little bigger. Felt very cramped.Friendly staff, small king size room. Breakfast was good. Really would have liked to see a cleaner room. ... more
Okay 6.0
The staff was very nice and friendly.
The free breakfast was not what I was thinking it would be; also upon arrival there was a musty smell in our room which took a bit to get rid off.This hotel is cheap which is nice but a hotel that isn't all that great in quality. ... more
|Excellent - 519 reviews
Located in Sandusky, Great Wolf Lodge Sandusky Oh is convenient to Sandusky Mall and Keys Golf Course. This family-friendly lodge is within the vicinity of Firelands Hospital and Cedar Point. Make yourself at home in one of the 271 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and ca...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 519 reviews
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Pleasant entertainment
Pleasant entrance area
Excellent 10.0
I can not believe how wonderful it was for kids of all ages. My kids were four and my nieces were 12 and 13, and there were things appropriate for both age ranges. ... more
Excellent 10.0
Took my son, daughter, daughter in-law and two young grand children. We planned on just using it for an overnight stay between a day trip to Cedar Point and the next day to the Toledo Zoo. All of my kids loved it so much that we hated to leave. We ended up only going to the zoo for 3 hours because no one wanted to leave the water park. My son is so impressed that he is planning on taking the extended family down for a visit this coming winter. Wonderful place Great Wolf Lodge. ... more
|Good - 120 reviews
The Super 8 Port Clinton is conveniently located on Route 163 / Perry Street and is near to all Water Transportation, Fishing, and City Attractions in Port Clinton. We offer a Free Super Start Breakfast, Free High Speed Internet, Free local calls, Cable TV, free parking, 24 hour front desk, a guest laundry, and walking distance to area restaurants. We are a...
Overall Rating - Good - 120 reviews
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Good accessibility/transport link
Excellent 9.0
lack of parking and the further back in the lot you went the darker it gotnot bad staff was friendly rooms were clean easy to get to ... more
Good 8.0
location was good and the parking lot well lit
no elevator... more
|Okay - 360 reviews
Features free highspeed wireless Internet access, indoor pool, guest laundry, irons and ironing boards on request, in room safes, Cable TV with HBO. Three miles from Sandusky Mall and restaurants, 3/4 mile from Cedar Point. On site resturant featuring fresh pasta and Lake Erie perch
Overall Rating - Okay - 360 reviews
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Wonderful housekeeping
Poor 2.0
We booked 3 rooms 3 nights. I requested 2 beds in one room, owner said that there would be $10 charge for 2 beds. We went to check in, asked for 2 rooms to have 1 bed, 1 room to have 2 beds.They only have rooms with 2 beds. $30 fee for dirtiest hotel.Place was moldy, shower, bathroom walls. Front door stuck, could not close. Owner changes key card everyday. He never told us that he would be changing the key card. We were at Cedar Point until 1am. Couldn't get into our rooms, had to get new key card. Gap of 1 inch at the front door. Cold air blew in all night. We blocked it with bedspread. Paid thru Priceline. Owner charged us $30 extra for room with 2 beds. ALL the rooms have 2 beds. Will not stay there again. ... more
Mediocre 4.0
Hotel was very close to the bad side of town. It advertized an indoor heated pool which was not heated! Also advertized HBO. When we went to the office to tell him we had no HBO all he said was he paid the bill and he doesn't know why its not working! Also the phone in the room did not work! The owner wasn't to conserned about any of it! Will never stay there again!! ... more
|Excellent - 156 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 156 reviews
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Great pool
Mediocre 4.0
Room and hotel decent. Free cookies were good. Not what was expected for Fairfield Inn though. Worked alright for an overnight to Cedar Point.
Was charged twice for one night room! Supposedly an accidental mistake by a 'new' staff member. Waiting for second charge to be reversed to get reimbursed. Be sure they don't run your credit card when you arrive...as the room is already paid!Was charged twice for one night room! Supposedly an accidental mistake by a 'new' staff member. Waiting for second charge to be reversed to get reimbursed. Be sure they don't run your credit card when you arrive...as the room is already paid! ... more
Good 8.0
One needs to keep in mind that this is a highly traveled resort area. Fairly clean, friendly staff, and pleasingly accommodating. Easy access off turnpike and/or interstate. Drive was about 10-minutes more or less to Cedar Point. Close to restaurants, mall, and other local attractions. ... more


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Landfill Methane Outreach Program
LMOP Partner Profile
Additional Resources
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Peachtree City, GA 30269
United States
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- Primary Contact
- Mr. Jim Ward firstname.lastname@example.com
Sales Manager, The Americas
Phone: (770) 632-5041
Fax: (770) 486-5628
- Description
- Gardner Denver is the worldwide leader of manufactured cast iron multistage centrifugal blowers and exhausters. Their blowers are used for LFG energy projects as well as LFG flares, and LFG transport. They also serve a wide range of other industries and applications including wastewater, power, petrochem, and pulp & paper. Gardner Denver has the largest installed base of LFG blowers in the United States supplied under the following brand names: Gardner Denver, Hoffman, Lamson, Invincible, and Turbotron. They also provide aftermarket parts and service for all Gardner Denver, Hoffman, and Lamson blowers with the original manufacturer's designed and engineered blower parts. They also offer preventative maintenance agreements and complete 24-hour service of centrifugal blowers.
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The Gas Transmission Investment Programme (GTIP) is Gas Industry Co's response to industry concerns over the long-term outlook for gas transmission capacity availability in the Auckland region. This work has its origins in 2009, when Vector announced to the industry that it would no longer be able to sell new capacity on its North Pipeline as that pipeline has reached the limits of its capacity.
The Gas Transmission Investment Programme (GTIP) was developed by Gas Industry Co in late 2011, at the request of industry participants, to address issues relating to efficient access to, and investment in gas transmission. More detail on the background to the GTIP can be found here under the GTIP Background tab.
Work on the overall GTIP can be found here under the GTIP (All Projects) tab and the associated work of the Panel of Expert Advisers (PEA) can be found here.
The GTIP comprises Market, Information, and Regulatory Projects. Each of these Projects is also discussed in more detail under separate tabs. In particular the Information Projects include development of New Zealand's first gas supply/demand study and a gas demand management study which can be found here.
Late in 2013, the TSOs responded to Gas Industry Co confirming that they, with support from code signatories and other interested stakeholders, will progress the PEA's proposals for the industry to adopt and operationalise the guiding principles and recommendations.
Gas Industry Co has continued through its policy development and Gas Act processes, by publishing an Options Paper on 23 December 2013. A workshop presenting the Options Paper was held at Gas Industry Co on 12 February 2014. Further details can be found here.
In October 2013, Gas Industry Co released an Analysis of Submissions in relation to:
The Panel of Expert Advisors' (PEA) Second Advisory Report on Transmission Access and Pricing (July 2013)
Gas Industry Co's GTIP Status and Development Report (July 2013)
The objective of the GTIP is to:
The GTIP is structured as a package of interconnected projects:
Two advisory panels provide advice to Gas Industry Co in relation to the Programme. The panels are two key ways the industry can be substantively involved in the GTIP, although care will be taken to keep all stakeholders informed of progress, and consulted on critical issues.
The diagram below illustrates the GTIP structure and governance.
Gas Industry Co has prepared the paper: Gas Transmission Investment Programme - Structure and Scope. The aim of the paper is to provide:
The scope of projects identified in the paper will be reviewed by the Panel of Expert Advisers (PEA). Any advice the panel has on revising the scope will be considered by Gas Industry Co before the scope of the GTIP is finalised.
Gas Industry Co has been working on transmission pipeline capacity issues for several years. Our work in this area has sought to address both short and long-term issues that have arisen from the North Pipeline constraint. In relation to the short-term, large end users on the North Pipeline have experienced a reduction in the number of credible bids they receive when seeking a new gas supplier. Gas Industry Co's investigation of this situation prompted key industry members to put in place a set of commitments known as the, 'Bridge Commitments'. Gas Industry Co is monitoring the market to assess the effectiveness of these commitments.
More information on this work can be found in the Short-term Capacity Workstream
In relation to the long-term, Gas Industry Co has investigated Vector's access regime and developed various options for improving the performance of the regime. Stakeholders have participated in this work through various workshops and consultation papers. At an April 2011 workshop, attendees strongly endorsed the need for a more holistic approach to finding solutions to the longer-term transmission capacity issues. It was proposed that Gas Industry Co lead a structured programme of work, and subsequent industry submissions endorsed an outline for the GTIP prepared by Gas Industry Co.
More information on this work can be found in the Long-term Capacity Workstream
On Tuesday 15th January 2013 a workshop was held relating to Demand Management and Transparency.
Here are two presentations from this workshop
Demand Management and Transparency
GIC Physical Constraint Management
These are issues that the PEA have provided advice on and their work can be found here
Morning session: Transmission Update
Afternoon session: Gas supply/demand workshop
Gas Industry Co published a report entitled Gas Transmission Investment Programme Status and Development considering the broader perspective of the overall GTIP work and the context of the PEA's current advice - which it describes as a significant milestone. It notes that several GTIP projects are complete and have delivered valuable outputs, while others have yet to begin. It discusses how matters should be progressed. In particular, it suggests that the PEA's recommended industry-led approach will need to involve timely changes, subject to a public cost-benefit analysis.
Submissions recieved on this report and the PEA's Second Advice Report can be found below
Two advisory panels provide advice to Gas Industry Co in relation to the Programme. The panels are two key ways the industry can be substantively involved in the GTIP, although care will be taken to keep all stakeholders informed of progress, and consulted on critical issues.
On 11 April 2013 GIC held a workshop with industry participants to review and discuss the progress and direction of the Transmission Access and Capacity Pricing project, which is part of our Gas Transmission Investment Programme (GTIP).
11 April 2013 Workshop Presentations (zip folder)
Key Documents
Meeting date
Meeting material
|Wednesday 3 July 2013
|Wednesday 12 June 2013
|Monday 6 May 2013
|Monday 8 April 2013
|Friday 15 March 2013
|15 March PEA Meeting Material
|Thursday 21 February 2013
21 February PEA Meeting Material
|Tuesday 29 January 2013
29 January PEA Meeting Material
|Tuesday 4 December 2012
4 December PEA Meeting Material
|Friday 2 November 2012
2 November PEA Meeting Material
Tuesday 25 September 2012
25 September PEA Meeting Material
Thursday 14 June 2012
|Thursday 7 June 2012
|Monday 7 May 2012
|Monday 2 April 2012
|Thursday 8 March 2012
|Monday 20 February 2012
20 February PEA Meeting Material
|Friday 16 December 2011
16 December PEA Meeting Material
|Monday 7 November 2011
7 November PEA Meeting Material
|Thursday 13 October 2011
13 October PEA Meeting material
The Panel of Strategic Advisers (PSA), comprising senior stakeholder executives, provides programme oversight. The PSA Members and Chair are as follows:
The PSA Terms of Reference can be found here:
|Meeting Date
|Meeting material
|Wednesday 12 December 2012
12 December Meeting Presentation
Friday 6 July 2012
|Monday 19 December 2011
Purpose of the Market Projects: to provide for efficient market arrangements to allow an efficient allocation of transmission capacity and signal the need for new investment.
In the paper: Gas Transmission Investment Programme - Structure and Scope, Gas Industry Co identified one Market Project, Transmission Access and Pricing.
The second key deliverable is a report to Gas Industry Co that recommends an 'evolutionary convergence' approach to achieve improvements to gas transport arrangements on both the Maui and Vector transmission pipelines systems. The advice includes a set of proposed guiding principles to take this approach forward.
This paper falls under the auspices of the Gas Transmission Investment Programme work that Gas Industry Co embarked upon in 2011. In July of this year, the Panel of Expert Advisers (PEA) provided a second report to Gas Industry Co that outlined ways that the transmission access codes could evolve to meet the characteristics of a well-functioning market. That report recommended that:
1. Signatories to the Vector Transmission Code and Maui Pipeline Operating Code be invited to consider ways that the codes could be brought into greater alignment with the principles outlined in the paper.
2. Gas Industry Co should consider regulatory options, in case they are required. This paper is the first step in the development of those regulatory options.
Gas Industry Co is fully supportive of the industry-led process. We have written to Vector and MDL on 31 October, as recommended by the PEA, and have received positive responses. (The letter (and responses) is published on our website.) Gas Industry Co is pleased that there appears to be a willingness among transmission system owners and shippers to work cooperatively on this issue.
At the same time, however, Gas Industry Co considers that the problems identified by the PEA are of such importance that their resolution cannot depend solely upon a voluntary industry process. For this reason, and to provide further impetus to the industry process, Gas Industry Co has embarked on a policy process to develop a counterfactual design. This process is consistent with the PEA recommendation for Gas Industry Co to 'consider regulatory options should they be required'.
The attached paper is the first step towards developing a counterfactual design as a fall-back in the event that industry initiatives do not adequately address the problems in a timely way. In it, we have identified possible options for addressing the problems described by the PEA. Its purpose is to ensure that we have considered the full range of possible options and to begin to narrow that range to options that will most likely prove to be feasible and effective ways to address the identified problems. Submissions close 5pm Monday, 24 February. We look forward to your feedback.
On 12 February Gas Industry Co held a workshop to present the Options Paper and provide an opportunity for attendees to discuss and clarify any aspects of the paper. The slides from that workshop are avalable here.
Following establishment of the Gas Transmission Investment Programme in September 2011, a Panel of Expert Advisers (PEA) was established to provide advice on a range of market design issues.
The PEA's latest advice to Gas Industry Co recommends an 'evolutionary convergence' approach to achieve improvements to gas transport arrangements on both the Maui and Vector transmission pipelines systems. It notes there are already a number of commonalities between the two codes and considers that the firm and non-firm services currently provided for on both systems can be progressively evolved and harmonised to allow shippers to seek the mix of rights that best match their needs. The advice includes a set of proposed guiding principles to take this approach forward.
The PEA also proposes a system of daily nominations, a price-based auction process for scarce capacity, the phasing-out of 'in perpetuity' grandfathering , and improved transparency.
It suggests the improvement process should begin immediately and that Gas Industry Co invites signatories to the MPOC and VTC to adopt and operationalise its guiding principles.
Submissions recieved on this report and the Gas Industry Co update report on the broader GTIP work can be found below
Analysis of Submissions 5 March 2013
Letter to submitters from Dr Graham Scott, PEA Chair, and Steve Bielby, dated 22 November 2012.
Following establishment of the Gas Transmission Investment Programme in September 2011, a Panel of Expert Advisers (PEA) was established to provide advice on a range of market design issues. The first key deliverable of the PEA Work Plan is presented here. It is a report from the PEA to Gas Industry Co
The report:
Submissions on the PEA report closed on Friday 24 August 2012.
Gas Industry Co wrote to MDL and Vector on 31 October 2013, inviting them and the signatories to the pipeline access codes to adopt and operationalise a set of guiding principles developed by the PEA in its July 2013 advice paper.
We have received responses from both MDL and Vector, as well as a copy of a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between them. The MoU states that the parties "agree to proceed with a programme of work to evolve towards a compatible set of access and capacity pricing arrangements across both pipeline systems, broadly in line with the [PEA] recommendations".
Gas Industry Co is pleased that there is a willingness among TSOs and shippers to work cooperatively on this issue. Amended transmission Codes that satisfactorily address the identified problems and are supported by signatories and other stakeholders would be the best option in this situation. Gas Industry Co is supportive of this process.
At the same time, however, Gas Industry Co considers that the problems identified by the PEA are of such importance that their resolution cannot depend solely upon a voluntary industry process. For this reason, Gas Industry Co has embarked on a policy process to develop a counterfactual design. More information about this project can be found here.
Investigation of possible scale of gas demand management on the Vector North system (5 March 2014)
Gas Industry Co has commissioned JT Consulting to conduct a study to investigate the possible extent of demand management among large gas users located on the North pipeline of the Vector system. Demand management is a means by which congestion on a pipeline can be managed, by incentivising gas users to curtail their usage at times of high gas demand. The idea behind the study was to get a baseline indication of the potential amount of demand interruption that currently exists amongst large industrial consumers on the North pipeline.
Interviews were conducted with representatives of 15 of the largest gas consumers on the North pipeline, all of whom consume more than 100 TJ of gas annually. The group of consumers included electricity generators; manufacturers of food, building products, and steel; producers of fresh produce, and health services providers. Some of the interviewed consumers have more than one site on the North pipeline, so that the interviews covered 24 sites in total.
Interview respondents reported the ability to curtail a total of 8.3 TJ in a day, an amount that represents about 10.7% of their average daily gas consumption. If that average rate applied to all large consumers (defined here as consuming more than 50 TJ per year), then it would be possible to curtail about 5% of the largest peak usage experienced on the Rotowaro-North pipeline.
Amongst non-generation consumers, the average amount of curtailment possible is about 37.5%.
These results suggest that demand curtailment is an option worth pursuing in order to maximise the efficient usage of pipeline capacity. Interview respondents generally reported some interest in the possibility of curtailing gas usage in exchange for compensation.
Amended Gas Supply and Demand Scenarios 2012 - 2027 (March 2013)
Concept Consulting has amended its gas supply and demand study to include an analysis of the demand on the Maui pipeline north of the Mokau compressor. Gas Industry Co has commissioned this addition in response to feedback on the original report. This analysis is contained in Appendix D of the revised report (note that the rest of the report remains unchanged). The analysis develops projections for annual and peak day demands on the Maui pipeline north of the Mokau compressor station, taking account of trends in generation demand, coal prices, and carbon dioxide prices.
The modelling tool has been updated to include the Maui pipeline analysis. To download the model, visit: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B8Fpt8nHFgDZdU1VbzZ6M0pLcjA/edit The model consists of an Excel file and a supporting Access database. The files are compatible with Excel 2007 (and above) and Access 2007 (and above).
Download the two files labelled 'Gas_dem_sum.accdb' and 'Gas_Dem_v22.xlsm' by clicking on them (the folder labelled '20121129 Release' contains the original model and database released in November 2012).
Click 'Download'. A window may appear stating it is too large to be scanned - click 'Download anyway'.
The Access file must be saved to the same folder as the Excel file for the model to work properly. Also, both files should not be marked as Read-only (to check, right-click the file in the file list, click Properties, then make sure that the Read-only box on the General tab is not ticked).
The Access document may open automatically and request a password but can be closed as it does not need to be open for the model to work; simply open the Excel file called Gas_Dem_v22.xlsm. The first tab in the Excel file consists of notes about the model and the second tab is a diagram of the model.
Gas Supply and Demand Scenarios 2012 - 2027 (December 2012)
The report has been produced by Concept Consulting Group and is the first substantive look at gas supply and demand in New Zealand. The report includes national gas supply/demand scenarios, regional gas demand scenarios, and peak demand projections that can assist the industry and large users to assess the need for, and timing of, investment in pipeline infrastructure.
In response to requests from submitters, the final versions of the report and associated model include more information on the data inputs and modelling results:
Gas Industry Co has released a draft report, "Gas Supply and Demand Scenarios 2012 - 2027," for public comment. The report has been produced by Concept Consulting Group and is the first substantive look at gas supply and demand in New Zealand. Gas Industry Co commissioned the report to develop a set of national gas supply/demand scenarios, regional gas demand scenarios, and peak demand projections that can assist the industry and large users to assess the need for, and timing of, investment in pipeline infrastructure.
Vector Ltd undertook consultation with industry participants as part of its process to determine available pipeline capacity, particularly as it relates to the North Pipeline. Details of this process are available on Vector's website
The Backstop information gathering and analysis workstream is currently underway. The work is being pursued in parallel to the GTIP and will apply to all areas of Gas Industry Co's work. With respect to the GTIP, this information gathering process (or any regulation implemented for this purpose) has the potential to assist in the development of market arrangements - that could lead to improved availability of information in the market. More information on this work can be found here: Policy Development and Information Gathering


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Question of the day: Will the Lakers make the playoffs?
|Posted by shawn cassidy on January 22, 2013 at 6:05 AM
With the Celtics under performing these days. I find it hard to brag about the Celtics playing better than the Lakers. But despite the Celtics being 20-20 at the 8th seed in the East. The Lakers are 17-24 at number 12 in the West. The Lakers have lost three in a row again, and they're lucky the Rockets, and Blazers have been playing very poor. The Blazers at the 9th seed have lost 6 in a row with a 20-21 record. The Rockets are the 8th seed at 21-20. They've lost 3 of there 7 games. The Lakers could have been more than 4 games behind from the playoffs.
I picked the Clippers coming out of the West before the season started. I didn't buy into the hype of the Lakers, but I didn't believe for one minute that the Lakers would struggle for a playoff spot. Do you think the Lakers grab the 8th seed, or even make the playoffs?
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Just barley, but a first round exit at the hands of the Thunder.
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One of the last beach communities for people who want to get away from it all, Playa Nosara's attractions are the wild stretches of side-by-side beaches called Pelada and Guiones, with surfing waves and miles of sand on which to stroll, and the tropical dry forest that covers much of the hinterland. Regulations here limit development to low-rise buildings 180 meters (600 feet) from the beach, where they are, thankfully, screened by trees. Americans and Europeans, with a large Swiss contingent, are building at a fairly rapid pace, but there appears to be an aesthetic sense here that is totally lacking in Tamarindo and Sámara. The town itself is inland and not very interesting, but the surrounding flora and fauna keep nature lovers entertained.
For years, most travelers headed here for the surf. The wide range of surf schools and waves varying from beginner to expert levels makes Nosara one of the best place to learn to surf. Along with surfing, the Nosara Yoga Institute, which offers instructor training, and daily classes for all levels, is increasingly a draw for health-conscious visitors. Healthy-food options, spas, and exercise classes abound plus there's an organic market Saturday mornings from 7 to noon on the main road near the Giardino Tropicale Hotel, selling organic produce plus fish, meat, eggs, dairy products, fresh juices, and baked goods.
Bird-watchers and other nature enthusiasts can explore the tropical dry forest on hiking trails, on horseback, or by boating up the tree-lined Nosara River. The access roads to Nosara are abysmal, and the labyrinth of woodsy roads around the beaches and hard-to-read signs make it easy to get lost, which is why most hotels here provide local maps for their guests.
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As an international interiors, furniture and objects designer, India's work is influenced by memories of her nomadic life. Each of her projects, be it a bar, restaurant, hotel, private residence or a piece of furniture, carries in it elements that are modern yet familiar. Her style is by turns playful, sexy and chic, and she's not afraid to let her femininity come through in her work.
India grew up wanting to be a filmmaker; therefore, it's not surprising that her interiors have a dramatic, almost theatrical quality to them. In her mind, a space is a three-dimensional story waiting to be told. She admires the work of Stanley Kubrick and Federico Fellini and, when asked by Index Magazine who her heroes were, she laughingly replied, "James Bond... He's sexy, and it always puts me in a good mood when I see him." Kind of like Mahdavi's own work, don't you think?
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1. Coburg Bar, London 2008
2. Jean-François Piège, Paris 2010
3. Germain, Paris 2009
4. Monte Carlo Beach, Monaco 2009
5. Barclay Prime, Philadelphia 2004
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1. The Peacock, Rowsley, Derbyshire (UK) 2004
2. Maison Thoumieux, Paris 2011
3. Condesa DF, Mexico City 2004
4. On Rivington, New York 2005
5. Private residence, New York 2003
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2. Diamonds - bookshelf
3. (Left to right) Kiss me, Luciole, Karaba - lamps
4. Bluffer - sofa
5. Dot - stool
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• Condesa DF Hotel Interiors by India Mahdavi
• Germain: Eye-Popping Interior by India Mahdavi
• Interview with India Mahdavi, pt. 1 & Interview with India Mahdavi, pt. 2
• India Mahdavi, 2002
• Design Lessons from the Condesa DF Mexico City
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THAT SOFA. *feverishly writes letter to Santa*
I don't know India Mahdavi personally but I do know about her work.
and I think that i'm going to have to beat uniquemonique to get Santa to bring me one first.... I'd redo an entire room for that sofa...
heck- I'd redo my whole house for that sofa.
Ha! Is that first sentence meant to be funny? And I don't understand why she and/or her designs are 'exotic.' Every high end to budget retail outlet in North America sells faux eastern designs. Global, cross-cultural influences are everywhere in design. There's no need for the continuous objectification of items from other parts of the world as something 'different'.
I love her work individually for its modern intrigue and familiarity.
As a body of works, I love that each piece, room, and idea are distinct, but that they are equally her. There is a sense of where the pieces came from to all of her work: that it is relative to things past, but there is always an element of India in them.
I went for a drink in the Coburg bar the other day. It's lovely if expensive!
Anyone know where can I get that orange ottoman from the first picture? I've been looking for months for something like that.


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The scope of regenerative medicine is rapidly expanding. New Organ Mprize exists to shepherd that dynamic movement and with your continued support, results like these from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles will no longer be the exception, but the rule. What a global relief that would be…
According to the World Health Organization, heart disease remains the No.1 cause of death in the world. If the trend is allowed to continue, by 2015, an estimated 20 million people will die from cardiovascular disease, mostly from heart attack and stroke. In 2005 alone, 7.6 million people died of heart attack– the population of Switzerland. Now, about one million Americans suffer from heart attack annually. Of these, about 400,000 die.
After a heart attack, the damaged parts of the organ are gradually filled in with scar tissue, which keeps the heart from functioning at full strength. Then heart attack patients leave the hospital with the uncomfortable knowledge of their heightened likelihood for another attack down the road. It's just a nasty situation.
But with exciting progress like this in regenerative therapies, the statistics may change forever in the near future. The entire ball game may change. The great news?
Re-injected stem cells derived from a patient's own heart muscle are reported to successfully regenerate damaged heart tissue and reduce the size of scars from a prior heart attack.
The researchers explain in a video that doctors "are examining whether treating a patient with their cardiac stem cells can literally reduce the size of the scar and restore health function to the heart after a heart attack."
As reported in The Lancet, the answer is a resounding YES.
17 patients received the therapy about three months after their heart attacks. According to Fox News' John Roberts, Dr. Eduardo Marban "measured an average 50 percent reduction in the size of the scar tissue" from the patients, a year after the therapy.
Let's put this into perspective, shall we? Myocardial infarction means irreversible heart muscle death. Dead muscle tissue then eventually turns into scar tissue. This success is phenomenal. It's like making a gourmet French dinner out of meatloaf leftovers. Or perhaps nothing like that.
"One of the holy grails in medicine has been the use of medicine to achieve regeneration," Marban said. "Patients that were treated not only experience shrinkage of their scars, but also new growth of their heart muscle, which is very exciting."
What was the process like? A catheter was first inserted into the diseased hearts to take a small biopsy of muscle. The tissue was then manipulated into producing stem cells. "After a few weeks of marinating in culture, researchers had enough stem cells to re-inject them into the patients' hearts," Roberts reports. "Over the course of a year, the stem cells took root in cardiac tissue, encouraging the heart to create new muscle and blood vessels. In other words, the heart actually began to mend itself."
"Patients that were treated not only experienced shrinkage in their scars, but also new growth of their heart muscle, which is very exciting."
Marban told Roberts, "We've achieved what we have achieved using adult stem cells – in this case – actually specifically from a patient's own heart back into the same patient. There's no ethical issues with that – there's no destruction of embryos." In addition because the stems are the patient's own, "There's no reason to worry about immune rejection," Marban explained.
"If we can do that in the heart, I don't see any reason, conceptually, why we couldn't do it in kidneys for example, or pancreas or other organs that have very limited regenerative capacity," Marban said.
Interestingly, it appears that the stem cells themselves may not have turned into cardiac muscle, "but rather they stimulated the heart to produce new muscle cells," Roberts reported.
Marban told Roberts that the applications could go well beyond diseased hearts.
"As Dr. Marban notes, there is no reason adult stem cells couldn't be used to repair other organs as well," Prentice said. " Besides acute and chronic heart damage as well as angina, studies have already shown initial success using adult stem cells to treat a myriad of conditions, including spinal cord injury, stroke, juvenile diabetes, multiple sclerosis, sickle cell anemia, and dozens more."
Andrusko, Dave. "Use of Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Regenerate Damaged Heart Muscle After Heart Attack." National Right to Life News Today. NRL News Today, 16 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Feb. 2012.
Makkar, Raj R., Rachel R. Smith, Ke Cheng, Konstantinos Malliaras, Louise EJ Thomson, and Daniel Berman. "Intracoronary Cardiosphere-derived Cells for Heart Regeneration after Myocardial Infarction (CADUCEUS): A Prospective, Randomised Phase 1 Trial." The Lancet. Elsevier Limited, 14 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60195-0/abstract.


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Planes Clip at JFK; No Injuries
Both planes were taken out of service to repair damage. No other flights at JFK were affected.
The left wing of a plane backing out of a gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport clipped the tail of another plane on the taxiway Saturday afternoon, but no one was injured, authorities said.
The Air China flight had 215 passengers on board and 23 crew members and was destined for Beijing when its wing clipped the other plane, said Tony Ciavolella, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the airports.
The Delta flight was empty because the plane had not boarded yet, said Delta spokeswoman Katie Connell.
Both planes were taken out of service to repair damage. The Air China flight was rescheduled with another plane for Sunday. The Delta passengers took another plane an hour after their originally scheduled flight to Nice, France, Connell said.
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Mac Mini Mid 2011 Power Supply Replacement
Replace a damaged power supply.
- Author: Walter Galan
- Difficulty: Difficult
Use this guide to replace a faulty power supply.
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- Bottom Cover 2 steps
- Fan 3 steps
- Cowling 2 steps
- Antenna Plate 4 steps
- Logic Board 6 steps
- Hard Drive 1 step
- Power Supply 4 steps
Edit Step 8 — Antenna Plate ¶
Remove the following screws securing the antenna plate to the mini:
Two 6.6 mm T8 Torx screws
Two 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screws (either screwdriver will work)
When putting back together:
It can be difficult to get the hard drive seated correctly such that the antenna plate fits in place correctly. If the screw holes don't line up with those on the hard drive, make sure that the two pins that are in the back of the hard drive are properly seated in the holes at the back of the case, above the housing for the second hard drive.
The antenna attaches directly to the hard drive (red markers), therefore attaching the antenna can move the hard drive around and loosen the connection of the hard drive cable to the logic board.
Edit Step 15 ¶
To remove the logic board, the two cylindrical rods of the Mac Mini Logic Board Removal Tool must be inserted into the holes highlighted in red. Inserting instruments into any logic board holes other than the ones highlighted in red may destroy the logic board.
Insert the Mac Mini Logic Board Removal Tool into the two holes highlighted in red. Be sure it makes contact with the top side of outer case below the logic board before proceeding.
Carefully pull the tool toward the I/O board. The logic board and I/O board assembly should slightly slide out of the outer case.
Cease prying when the I/O board is visibly separated from the outer case.
Remove the Mac Mini Logic Board Removal tool.
Edit Step 18 — Hard Drive ¶
Pull the hard drive away from the front edge of the mini and remove it from the outer case.
During reassembly, there are two pins on the inside edge of the hard drive that fit into the case. The holes have rubber grommets around them, so it may be difficult to tell when you have seated the hard drive correctly.
Edit Step 19 — Power Supply ¶
Remove the 7.9 mm T6 Torx screw securing the power supply and hard drive tray to the outer case.
During reassembly, ensure the cables that run alongside the hard drive are tucked under the power supply. This will ensure the hard drive is properly seated. In addition, the antenna screw holes will not line up if there are cables in the way.
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I accidentally broke the little things that hold the cover to the case. Is there a cheap replacement to the cover? Those clips are held onto it very weakly.
The fan has in fact, 3 screws that need to be removed before you can lift it out.
You actually don't need to disconnect the fan. You can just let it hang on the side while working. I accidentally killed my connector trying to pry it loose. It's being held together now by some tape, after spending hours trying to reconnect it and figuring out pin outs.
Be careful to LIFT UP on the fan connector cable. Using a spudger tool helps here. I mistakenly thought that the connector would slide off the logic board and tried to remove the connector this way. I ended up lifting the connector off of the logic board, thus ruining my logic board and requiring a $350 logic board replacement at the genius bar. The second time I did a HD/SSD replacement, everything worked fine.
wattmagner, · Reply
That's probably the must tricky part of the replacement. I did the same thing, i just pull on my cables and the connector stays on the board. Tried many times to switch cables into but any order i try is not the good one.
The avoid this, now, when i want to pull out my fan, i just use a plate screwdriver and lift up the connector. That's work perfectly.
in Step 6 — Cowling ; " Remove the single 3.5 mm T6 Torx screw securing the cowling to the heat sink", does it mean that it is the same T6 Torx screw for the cowling and the heat sink ?
In fact at the end, I mess this T6 Torx screw !
When reassembling this aerial plate, it may take a very strong force to align the side lips with the screw bays. The circular edge on the body is meant to slot into the plate by less than 1mm. I followed the rule of thumb, which is, if it takes an unusual force, stop and think it out to avoid a disaster! Then, I hit on using a paper clip to get around this problem. Make a paper clip L-shaped to loop through a hole close to the edge of the plate, where the slotting is not deep enough. Gently lifting the paper clip, slide and push the aerial plate in place. This worked like a charm without using a strong force.
My only real problem in the whole process was putting back the antenna plate. Couldn't get both side screws to align. Ended up leaving one out but might try the paper clip trick now
andrewarwas, · Reply
I had a similar experience, but when I realized the two 5.0mm T8 Torx screws were 2 of a set of 3 that also served to hold the cover on, I wasn't comfortable with only securing the cover with 2.
DO NOT BRUTE FORCE the reinstallation of the plate. In my case, the top lip of the antenna plate has a notch which aligns with the edge of the opening was preventing the perfect fit. All I did in my case was use the spudger to pry open the notch a little more to give me a little bit extra space so that edge of the aluminum enclosure fits into that notch on the top of the antenna plate. Hope that helps. :)
I was installing an SSD in my mini and when I got to this step, an issue came up. The two 6.6mm screws on the antenna plate screw into one side of, and secure, the hard drive. The problem was the SSD was thinner than the original hard drive, so when I tried to reassemble, the hard drive sat too low for the screws to reach it.
Here's how I got around the problem. I loosely attached the antenna plate to the hard drive, leaving plenty of wiggle room between the plate and the drive. I also left the two stand off screws on the logic board off to give me more wiggle room there.
With the SSD attached to the antenna plate, I carefully connected and stowed the Bluetooth cable. Using the antenna plate as a handle, I was able to guide the SSD into the hard drive mount. Once in place, I tightened the 6.6mm screws more, which raised the SSD to the proper level.
After insuring that the screws all lined up, I installed and tightened the logic board, then the other antenna plate screws.
yourgenius, · Reply
The "engineering tolerances" are definitely tight for the AirPort antenna plate. I would recommend trying to replace it as soon as it's removed for the first time, in order to work out the (precise) alignment of it.
Nothing I tried (including the suggestions here) seemed to help me during reassembly. No matter what I tried, I couldn't get the holes for the two 5.0mm T8 screws to line up. Eventually, I had to resort to CAREFULLY and SLIGHTLY re-bending the curved edge of the antenna plate.
REATTACHING grate - al dente's trick helped me.
The tiny perforations on the grate rest ON TOP of the lip of the case, while the remainder of the grate slides UNDER the lip. It is very hard to see - I used a magnifying glass.
To get it into place, create a tiny hook on the end of a paperclip. Moving along the edge of the grate, lift a perforation with the hook to help it slip into place. Keep moving along the edge until entire grate is shifted into place.
Chris 1000, · Reply
I had several 2-terminal connectors that went to what appeared to be temperature sensors on several components including the hard disk and optical drive. I accidentally pulled the wires out of one of these connectors. Lucky for me, they came out clean and I was able to just re-insert them into the connector
Kyle Jurick, · Reply
As everyone else has noted during re-assembly, seating the antenna plate is tricky. For me, what ended up working was to attach the hard drive screws first. After this, with just a little wiggling of the plate, the 2 5mm screw holes lined up perfectly.
Aligning the drive holes with the ones on the antenna grate was easy – just take the pointy end of the spudger. Also, for getting the circular part of the grate set correctly, I had to bend down the outermost part a tiny little bit and then used curved tweezers to lift the grate once it was near its final position to get it slide in the last millimeter. Frustrating at first, but it worked after a few tries.
I skipped steps 10 and 11 but had to do the rest to get the drive out. My system had a second drive so that may be why the logic board had to be removed to have enough room to get the drive out past the DIMM sockets.
On the Late 2012 model the antenna connector is hidden under the case, so unlike as indicated in step 10 you can not see the connector and definitely not remove it until the Logic Board has been eased out an inch. Note how the cable makes a loop under the case as it is removed. Remember to reconnect the same way with the loop and connected before the logic board is pushed in all the way.
The antenna connector is underneath a black flap. I just lifted the flap slightly with a spudger and used my fingers to disconnect.
If your machine came with a 7mm drive and you are replacing with a 7mm drive you do not need to move the logic board. I installed an Intel 335 240GB drive which is a 9.5mm drive and to get that drive in I did need to bump the logic board out to clear the memory slot brackets. I did not need to remote any other wires or connections as the logic board only needs to move maybe an 1/8" to get the drive to clear the memory bracket.
There's no real need to disconnect the antenna. You can just lay the grill gently on its side and leave it connected.
That is true if you do not need to remove the logic board (i.e. you are only replacing the drive in the original slot position).
You can leave the antenna plate attached and remove the logic board if you're careful while removing the motherboard.
Dan Wilson, · Reply
It may just be my own experience, but the hard drive connectors appear to be "sensitive" to ANY pressure, even when (re)connected properly. I found that I had to repeatedly re-seat them when re-installing the drive, AirPort antenna, and cowling. I would recommend holding off on putting the screws back for the AirPort antenna and cowling until both are in place, and re-checking the hard drive connectors before installing/tigh
Hi, I can't remove the yellow screw, I don't even see it (it look like more like on this picture: http://static.macgeneration.com/img/2012...)
So I don't know what to do, I don't want to damage the tread (if there is actually one..) and I can't move the logic-board..
Do you hav any idea?
The "yellow screw" depicted in this picture doesn't exist in the Mac Mini late 2012, at least in mine. Well, to be more precise, it exists but was already removed when the fan was unscrewed (it was actually in the fan).
If you're in a pinch and don't have time to order the removal tool, you can use two 2mm hex wrenches.
In April, I purchased a late 2012 mini (MD387LL/A) - 2.5Ghz i5 with 500MB hard drive.
It looks like Apple now secures the drive to the tray with 3 screws. 2 on back side and one on front. This means the entire drive tray has to come out to remove the drive - it no longer just "lifts out" as in step 18. In order to remove the drive tray, you have to remove the power supply (step 22).
During reassembly, watch the power harness and connector from the power supply when reinserting the logic board assembly into the case. When the board is close enough for the connector to reach, re-attach it before inserting the board the rest of the way. I found that if the connector is lined up properly, it almost attaches itself.
Also be careful of the hard drive and IR sensor connectors.
Speaker trademark? Is it a sony, or a Bose...
I think it is a bad quality speaker.What do you thick?
During reassembly, after putting the "lower" drive back, test fit the AirPort antenna to make sure the two holes in the antenna plate line up with the two holes in the drive. If not, check that the power harness from the power supply is routed correctly. If the power harness is next to the power supply, go back and re-route it properly.
Before I started this ifixit I read a lot of people talking about the antenna not going on properly and problems with the hard drive. I found that the problem is the two grommets inside the front of the casing. These grommets are where the two screws on the existing or upper most (when the case is inverted) hard drive should go into.
I was placing the hard drive flat against the second hard drive I'd added which ment the two screws weren't in the grommets and we instead pushing on the outer casing. This meant the hard drive was in the wrong position and if I had continued with the rest of the reassembly the antenna definitely couldn't have fit correctly. I spotted this and made sure the hard drive was in the grommets, leaving enough room for the power cables to sit between the two hard drives.
With the hard drive sitting correctly you should find everything goes back together very easily. If you get to the end and nothing seems to fit this is probably the reason why!
I bought my mini in late June 2013. My hard drive was not mounted as indicated, it was in the lower slot. I had to insert the grommets into the upper holes. You need to use a non metal flat edge to get them in, my fingers had no leverage when reaching into the aluminum shell. I also waited until I had removed everything from the case before inserting them to minimize the risk of harming an internal component.
This is one case where having the actual reassembly instructions would be helpful. When I put my drive back in the upper position, I thought it was in the right place, even tried to move it and it seemed like it was locked into the holes, but it wasn't, so I had the issue with the antenna plate not going back on. It was so close. It seemed like it should work, but nope.
So, after disassembling again, I played with it some and the best, most surefire way to get it to line up is to hold the unibody upside down when inserting the drive. It has to be essentially at the top to catch the holes. Thin drives make it even more of a problem.
Once I did this, it fit in great and stayed in with no need to hold down, and there was now another 1/8" between the motherboard and the drive, which doesn't seem like much, but in this tight case, its everything. The antenna plate then went in perfectly, all 4 screws were in with no issues at all and the connectors for the two drives stayed on with no issue.
Like others, I found with my November 2013 purchased Mac Mini, Apple had installed the internal hard disk in the bottom location (bottom when working on the unit upside down as detailed in this guide).
I found that it was best to remove that drive, and install the SSD in the bottom location, but use
* 2 of the rubber grommets and screws (that came with the ifixit kit) on the front edge of the drive
* that let me use 2 of the screws from the original mac mini on the back top HDD as they are larger screws than came with the kit
That way the HDD didn't rattle in the top location.
I also
* Installed the SSD in the bottom location with the original apple cable
* Installed the spinning 1TB drive into the top location (which made it easier for the top wifi screws to screw into
* But I had to reshape the cable (that came with the ifixit kit) quite a bit to get it to line up with the connector on the logic board.
Careful when reassembling. Don't make the same mistake I did by attempting to screw in the hard drive bracket without having the power supply re-inserted and aligned. Otherwise the screw will end up in the piece attached to the bottom of the case (where it's not supposed to be) and you will have no choice but to pry the glued part off the case to remove it. If you start to hear a "crunchy" sound when screwing, stop immediately because it's probably a glued part coming off.
When putting it back, make sure that it's both in the correct place and fits properly; otherwise, it may come loose. After reassembly, if you hear what sounds somewhat but not quite like a loose screw rattling around in the case, it's probably this clip.
Don't worry: it's only 20 steps to get back to it. I hate this metal clip. ;-)
For the late 2012 model at least, when re-assembling, make sure the edges of the plug are lined up with the innermost grooves in the case (there appears to be another set that is closer to the outside of the case).
Specifically, note the power harness and connector, and that it's routed "above" the inner edge of the power supply ("below" when viewed from this angle). That power harness needs to be in the same position when replacing the power supply during reassembly. If the power harness ends up next to the power supply instead, the "lower" drive won't fit properly and the AirPort antenna won't line up correctly.


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Saturday, November 18, 2006Valparaiso traveled to Macomb, Ill. on Saturday afternoon for a dual meet with Western Illinois, but the Westerwinds were too much for the Crusaders, defeating the Brown and Gold 193-92.
Jaclyn Krause(Rochester, Mich./Notre Dame Prep H.S.) won the 200 freestyle for the Crusaders but just .03 seconds over teammate Amanda Gregory (Carmel, Ind./Carmel H.S.). The freshman touched the wall in 1:58.98. Krause also finished second in the 500 free for Valpo with a time of 5:20.58, just .50 seconds off of the pace.
Gregory posted a victory of her own in the 100 freestyle by .13 seconds over the Westerwinds for Valpo's only other victory of the day. The senior finished with a mark of 55.16 seconds.
Katie Cissell (Bloomington, Ind./Edgewood H.S.) earned a runner-up finish for the Brown and Gold in the mile with her time of 19:27.79. Katlyn Smethurst (Grand Ledge, Mich./Grand Ledge H.S.) also finished second for the Crusaders, doing so in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:17.72.
Anna Kampling (Iowa City, Iowa/West H.S.) placed second in the 100 butterfly, just .21 behind the victor with her time of 1:00.70 while Elizabeth Thompson (Norman, Okla./North H.S.) earned the same finish in the 400 individual medley in 4:52.44. Anna Orwick (Broadlands, Ill./Champaign Centennial H.S.) also finished second in the one-meter diving with a score of 167.40.
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